Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995)

A wealthy young man without a care in the world, and a less rich but still well-off young woman with an already written future are opposites on the surface (he's a joker and she's serious), but being both NRIs with a British upbringing means they have common ground. When thrown together in a foreign land their odd relationship produces Bollywood gold.
From a modern perspective it might seem overly predictable, but that's because it's been copied so often that it no longer seems as fresh as it would have done 20+ years ago. Still, the SRK and Kajol pairing has lost none of its appeal, and when it matters most, post-intermission, DDLJ knocks it clean out of the ball park with an intensity that's almost palpable.

3½ balcony hops out of 5

Mohabbatein (2000)

Three male students, three women (one for each guy), one hard-nosed school principal determined to keep his kind of order no matter what and Shah Rukh Khan being awesome. Wow! It's a hell of a good film that many people will overlook because its running time is more than twice that of a typical English language movie. It promises ‘Mohabbatein’ and that’s exactly what it delivers.
If I'd been viewing it in a theatre I’d have given it a standing ovation. But I was at home, so I grabbed a tissue instead and dried my appreciative eyes.

5 personification storms out of 5